{"id":3234,"date":"2012-03-14T10:07:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T10:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=3234"},"modified":"2012-03-14T10:07:53","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T10:07:53","slug":"roopam-harish-sharma-named-new-ceo-of-basketball-federation-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=3234","title":{"rendered":"Roopam Harish Sharma named new CEO of Basketball Federation of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/basketball\/bfi.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Roopam Harish Sharma named new CEO of Basketball Federation of India\" style=\"float: left; border: 1px solid black; margin: 6px;\" \/>New Delhi<\/strong>: Roopam Harish Sharma took over the charge as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI); she replaced her husband Harish Sharma, who was at the helm of BFI until his sudden demise last month, first as secretary-general and then as the CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Roopam\u2019s appointment was decided by the steering committee members of  the BFI, who voted unanimously in her favor at the annual general  meeting.<\/p>\n<p>On her appointment she said, \u201cI will carry forward the unfinished tasks of my husband in improving the standards of basketball in the country as passionately as he did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Harish did is very difficult to replicate. But we in the BFL, will strive hard to complete all the provisions he envisioned with the same sincerity and dedication,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/basketball\/bfi.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Roopam Harish Sharma named new CEO of Basketball Federation of India\" style=\"float: left; border: 1px solid black; margin: 6px;\" \/>New Delhi<\/strong>: Roopam Harish Sharma took over the charge as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI); she replaced her husband Harish Sharma, who was at the helm of BFI until his sudden demise last month, first as secretary-general and then as the CEO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[894,1869],"class_list":["post-3234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-basketball","tag-basketball-federation-of-india","tag-roopam-harish-sharma"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Roopam Harish Sharma named new CEO of Basketball Federation of India - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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